Cabin View in the Sierra Foothills

This weekend we had a great time with family and friends. One of my friends, Beth, painted with me for a day while we sat on the deck at the family log cabin in Nevada City, California. Since we recently had many of the trees cleared, we now have a wonderful vista view, and I have a renewed inspiration to paint, paint, paint. Looking at the beauty of the woods reminded of the bible verses in Isaiah 55:12-13. They say," You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands...This will be for the Lord's renown..." And I say, "Let it be Lord! Let it be!"

From A to Z: Window View of a Garden and Beyond

Here it is. My step by step project of my Aunt's painting with a window scene. I had a few steps in between like drawing more details and then tracing over the drawing with a sepia pen and ink 005 permanent pen. The actual painting itself took 12 hours. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

From A to Z: Yosemite

Have you ever been to Yosemite Valley in California? No matter where you are from, you must plan to visit it at least once in your lifetime. We use to camp here often when my children were small. I must make a point to visit it again soon.

My Adventure in Creating Aunt Cecile's Painting : Day 1

I started a new painting today and I thought I'd show step by step this time just how I'll do it.
Day 1: After choosing the reference material (from my reference file I've been updating for about 19 years and from my art books and home decorating books)(it took about 4 hours), I drew it out(that took about 2 1/2 hours). Here's the drawing I did on vellum paper. Christine and I had a wonderful time drawing and painting together. Check out Christine's blog too.